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Africa RISING East and Southern Africa Publications

• Africa RISING in East and Southern Africa: Year 1 Overview
• Monitoring and Evaluation Plan for Africa RISING
• Using applied research to optimize profitable use of inputs: A Malawi case study
• A multi-disciplinary effort to provide options for sustainable intensification of African smallholder farming systems
• Why and how to implement an R&D framework for Africa RISING? Concepts and approach
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• Research on institutional innovation and scaling issues in Africa RISING
• Communicating aflatoxin messages: Recent Tanzanian Experience
• The Africa RISING research sites in Tanzania: Opportunities and challenges to sustainable intensification and institutional innovation
• Characterization of farming systems in Africa RISING intervention sites in Malawi, Tanzania, Ghana and Mali
• Report of USAID Malawi Mission Field Visit to Africa RISING Project Field Sites
• Report of Feed Assessment in Babati District (FEAST Report)

• Nitrogen-neutrality: a step towards sustainability
• Post-harvest food losses in a maize-based farming system of semi-arid savannah area of Tanzania
• Agronomic survey to assess crop yield, controlling factors and management implications: a case-study of Babati in northern Tanzania
• Approaches to Reinforce Crop Productivity Under Rain-fed Conditions in Sub-humid Environments in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Farm typologies, soil fertility variability and nutrient management in smallholder farming in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Rururbanization – a threat to agricultural intensification and food security?
• “Filling the maize basket” supports crop diversity and quality of household diet in Malawi
• Maize Yield Response to Nitrogen in Malawi’s Smallholder Production System
• Modeling and participatory, farmer-led approaches to food security in a changing world: a case study from Malawi

• Sustainable Intensification to Advance Food Security and Enhance Climate Resilience in Africa - Regis Chikowo et al.

• Africa RISING program framework: Core elements
• Africa RISING program framework: Conceptual framework and guiding principles

• Below and above ground pigeonpea productivity in a novel doubled up legume cropping system across three agro-ecologies in Central Malawi
• Exploring niches for livestock intensification in farming systems in Malawi
• Participatory evaluation of productivity and farmer preferences of selected Napier grass accessions in northern Tanzania
• Integration of Maize Lethal Necrosis disease management in crop-livestock intensification in East Africa
• Babati District R4D Platform
• Intensification of Maize-Legume Based Systems to Improve Farm Productivity and Conserve Natural Resources in Semi-arid Tanzania
• Characterization of Livestock Grazing Management Systems in Semiarid Areas of Central Tanzania
• Species Composition and Biomass Productivity of Agro-Silvopastoral Fodder Banks in Tanzania
• Expanding Livelihood opportunities through variety and Crop diversification
• Enhanced competitiveness of dryland farming through cost effective innovations
• Landscape-based agroforestry technologies to control soil erosion and supply fodder, fuel, wood and timber
• Improving Agricultural problem diagnosis and R4D targeting through multi-stakeholders innovation platform

• Conservation agriculture is giving us more food and money: A Zambian farmer’s story
• Mechanizing fertilizer microdosing technology: Producers and extension agents trained in Mali
• R4D platform promotes technology adoption in Babati District, Tanzania
• Turning over a new leaf: How Amaranth farming has transformed the life of a woman farmer in Tanzania
• Let’s talk about money! Economic benefits of integrated Striga and soil fertility management in West Africa
• Africa RISING cooking up a legume delight in Malawi
• Creating awareness in Tanzania on labour-saving technologies for weed control in rice
• Using films to support large-scale training on Striga and soil fertility management in Mali

• Improving productivity of indigenous chicken through better nutrition and management in mixed crop-livestock farming systems in Babati, Tanzania
• Participatory yield assessment of climbing and bush bean varieties under different management options in Malawi
• Below- and above ground pigeonpea productivity in a novel doubled-up legume cropping system across three agro-ecologies in central Malawi
• Participatory evaluation of productivity and farmer preferences of selected Napier grass (Pennisetumpurpureum) accessions in northern Tanzania
  
  

• Africa RISING Babati study area
• Africa RISING research sites/villages in Tanzania
• Africa RISING research sites in Malawi
• SIMLEZA - Africa RISING research sites in Zambia